Software modularity for robotic by using LabVIEW programming

Many robotic systems use similar sensors and actuators and navigation and localization algorithms. The adoption of a modular approach can greatly improve reusability of subsystems and helps team work and system maintenance. Graphical programming environments can furthermore support this process, avoiding writing textual code, by using simple graphical objects. In this paper we show three different experiences we had by using a modular approach in the software programming of three different robotic systems. LabVIEW software environment was used and its main advantages will be briefly described.